Ditching-plow



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

WILLIAM BURTON, OF LAKE VILLAGE, INDIANA.

DITCHING-PLOW.

SPECIFICATION fOlmIlg part Of Letters Patent NO. 401,998, dated April 23, 1889. Application led November 28, 1888. Serial No. 292,117. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, WILLIAM BURTON, a citii zen of the United States of America, residing and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in ditching-plows; vand it consists in the novelconstruction and combination of parts, as will be more fully hereinafter described and claimed.

The essential feature of the invention is the provision of an adjustable extension to the mold-board of the plow having a belt inclosing and moving upon anti-friction rollers.

The object of the improvement is to provide means whereby clayey and sticky soil may be carried away from the plow proper, the parts being simple and effective in their construction and operation, strong and dura` ble, easily handled, and readily understood. I attain this object by the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like letters of reference indicate similar parts in the several views, and in which Figure l is a perspective view of a plow with my improved attachments in connection therewith. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a rear end elevation. Fig. 4 is a detail view in horizontal section of the extension adjusting-bars.

A indicates the plow-beam, having handles A secured thereto. The rear end of said plow-beam is curved. downward and secured to a trailing beam, B', attached at its lfront end to the plow B and extending rearward for a considerable distance, and forms a support for the connection of the parts of the device, and also acts in the capacity of a landside. From the said beam A a post, P, depends at a forward incline down behind the plow B, and is secured at its lower end to the forward part of the beam B. Secured at its forward end to said post P, and extending down and attached to the rear of the beam B', is'a brace-bar, P. Short brace-bars a2 and c3 are bolted at their lower ends to the beam 55 struction that the parts are firmly braced and 6o `rendered strong and durable.

To the post P a strap of metal, S', is secured, which is reduced and headed at its rear. A swivel-link, S, is fitted on the reduced end of the strap and pivotally held thereon by the head -of said strap. This link S is triangular in shape, bent from a strip of metal, the rear ends being' drawn closely together and apertured. The said rear ends of the link S embrace an angularly-bent metallic plate, E, se- 7o cured at its rear end to a drag-frame, C, which forms an extension of the mold-board B. The

front end of said plate E, which is embraced by the link S, is provided with a series of apertures, e, and by means of a removable pin, s, passing through the rear apertured ends ofthe link S and the apertures in the front end of said plate E, the front end of frame C is made adjustable, and may be raised from or lowered toward the ground, as may be de- 8o sired and found necessary. f

The frame C consists of two horizontallyarranged beams, c, connected at the rear by a vertical strip, c3. The lower beam, c, has a runner c connected to the outer edge thereof, 8

which depends below the under surface of said beam, and has its forward .end upturned vto give said frame C guidance and easy passage over the ground. A series of verticallydisposed rollers, D', are mounted between and 9o have bearing at their ends in said beams c. Surrounding these rollers D and inclosing the same is a belt, D, and upon this belt the dirt or soil from the mold-board ofthe plow B is thrown, and conveyed thereby away from the said mold-board.

To the inner side of the frame O a vertical strip, C ,is secured, and to the bottom of this strip C a clip, b3, is attached. In said clip b3 the outer end of a bar, B2, is secured, said roo bar having a metallic sleeve, b', attached to its opposite end, freely embracing a parallel bar, B3,which is connected to a clip, b, secured to the beam B at its inner end, and has a sleeve, b2, attached to its outer end freely embracing the bar B2. By this means the frame C is made adjustable to and from the beam B. To the upper side of the top beam, c, of frame C a clip, c2, is secured, and between the ears thereof the outer end of a curved tiebrace, B4, is mounted, the inner end of said brace being attached to the outer side of bar B2. By means of this brace any tendency to a resistance or binding on the bar B2 by a careening of the frame C is avoided. As shown in Fig. 4, the beams B2 and B3 are preferably formed with apertures b3, and when adj usted upon each other a pin, b4, or that to which the inner end of brace B4 is connected, is passed through said aperture in the beams, and they are thus locked.

To the rear part of the landside of the beam B a knife, K, is attached, depending below the lower edge of said beam, and acts to prevent the plow entire from sliding in either one direction or the other, as would be the result in plowing certain kinds of soil if the said knife were not used.

To the front end of the plow-beam A a depending colter, a, is pivotally secured. This colter consists of an elongated curved bar with serrations a4 of an upward angle formed in part of the rear edge thereof. A short distance in rear of said colter a locking-bar, a',

` is secured, and has a lower pointed end adapted to engage the serrations a4 in said colter. When said colter is adjusted, it is locked against rearward strain by the said bar a.

The frame C is adjusted as desired, and the soil from the mold-board of the plow is thrown onto the belt D thereof and is carried rearward and away from the plow. This attachment is especially advantageous in working clayey and wet soil, by preventing the same backing in upon the mold-board and keeping the same comparatively clean at all times.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a ditching-plow1 the combination of the plow-frame and a belt-carrying frame 5o adjustable vertically at its front and laterally at its rear end, substantially as described.

2. In a ditching-plow, the combination of the plow-frame and a belted roller-frame adjustably secured at front to the plow-standard and connected at rear to the extended landside by adjustable braces, substantially as described.

3. In a ditching-plow, the combination of the plow-frame having an extended landside, 6o the belted roller-frame secured at front to the plow-standard by a swivel-joint, adjustable braces connecting the extended landside with the rear end of the roller-frame near the bottom, and a brace pivoted at one end to the top of the roller-frame and adj ustably secured atits other end to the adjustable brace, substantially as described.

4. In a ditching-plow, the combination of the plow-frame having an extended landside, 7o the belted roller-frame provided at front with a plate having a vertical series of apertures,

a swivel secured at one end to the plow-standard and adjustably connected at its other end `to said plate, a horizontal brace connecting the extended landside with the rear end of the roller-frame near the bottom, and a brace pivoted at one end to the top of the roller-frame and adj ustably connected at its other end to the horizontal brace, substantially as de- 8o scribed.

5. In a ditching-plow, the combination of the plow-frame having an extended landside, B', a belted roller-frame pivoted at its forward end to the plow-standard and connected 8 5 at its rear end to the rear end of the landside by adjustable braces, and a long blade, K, secured to and projecting below the landside, to prevent lateral movement of said landside, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

h. W'ILLIAM s BURTON.

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lVitnesses:

JAS. A. DEWOLF, JACOB HESS. 

